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1. gibber, n.3 View full entry 1834
...A large stone; a boulder....
2. gin, n.3 View full entry 1827
...An Australian Aboriginal woman or wife....
3. ˈkipper, n.2 View full entry 1841
...A young Australian Aboriginal man who has been initiated and is admitted to the rights of manhood....
4. mogo, n. View full entry 1798
...An Australian Aboriginal stone hatchet....
5. mundowie, n. View full entry 1880
...A foot; a footprint....
6. † murry, adv. (and adj.) View full entry 1818
...As an intensifier: very, extremely. Also as : great....
7. myall, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1818
...In Australian Aboriginal usage: a stranger; a person who is ignorant of traditional Aboriginal culture. Cf. munjon...
8. nannygai, n. View full entry 1871
...A deep-bodied bottom-dwelling marine food fish, Centroberyx affinis (family Berycidae), found off the south-eastern coast of Australia. Also called redfish....
9. † narang, adj. View full entry 1827
...In Australian Aboriginal usage: little, small....
10. nulla-nulla, n. View full entry 1798
...A wooden club, traditionally used by Australian Aborigines as a tool for hunting or a weapon for fighting....
11. † patter, v.3 View full entry 1803
...trans. Esp. in Australian Aboriginal usage: to eat....
12. pialla, v. View full entry 1830
...trans. Esp. in Australian Aboriginal usage: to tell, relate (news, etc.); to speak to, entreat (someone). Also intr.: to talk....
13. potoroo, n. View full entry 1790
...Any of the rat kangaroos constituting the genus Potorous (family Potoroidae), found in dense scrub and grassland in Australia and Tasmania. ...
14. wombat, n. View full entry 1798
...Any of three bear-like, burrowing Australian marsupials constituting the family Vombatidae, having a heavily-built body with short legs, a very short tail, and rodent-like teeth; esp. the common...
